The Place to Launch iPhone, iPad, and Android Apps

With apps to save money and make great tasting new dishes during the holidays, maximize your battery life on your phone, educate your children on your mobile device, challenge your movie trivia knowledge, or improve your rapping skills—there’s something for everyone at tomorrow night’s AppShow. See all this and more in one hour while enjoying great appetizers and drinks. We’ll even toast to this once in a lifetime date–11/12/13.

On November 10th, 2009, 10 mobile apps including Dropbox were showcased at the first ever AppShow at the flagship Apple Store in downtown San Francisco. Since then over 160 iPhone, iPad, and Android apps have presented or launched at 17 AppShows, in 4 cities. Many of these apps have gone on to become household names like Uber and Waze which both launched at the SF AppShow. We have an easy-to-remember date (11/12/13) for the next installment of the AppShow, at YetiZen Innovation Lab, where we’ll feature a brand new crop of apps for the 2013 holiday season and beyond.

If you’re building a great app or know of one, apply to present here. We are also looking for sponsors and anyone interested in helping out with the event.

The show will be held at:
YetiZen Innovation Lab
540 Howard Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105

Laurie Burke was the original “Google Voice.” You may know her from movie reviews and other on-air hosting for Common Sense Media – shown on Comcast and Cox Cable Networks nationwide, as well as www.commonsensemedia.org. This Thursday May 30th Laurie will host a conversation with cutting edge application developers at the 17th SF AppShow.

A professional actress and voice over talent, Laurie found her way to Google when her company was acquired. At Google she became the original “Google Voice.” Since then she’s worked in movies and television as well as with the Common Sense Media.

As our special guest, Laurie will check out new apps from a variety of categories, interview their developers and take your questions from the stage. Show starts at 7pm.

After 16 successful AppShows in San Francisco, Las Vegas, Chicago, and Santa Monica (see: http://laappshow.com/), the AppShow returns to San Francisco on May 30 for another round of app industry discussion and entertaining app demos.

We’re looking for groundbreaking new apps to showcase at the SF AppShow, May 30th at Yetizen Innovation Lab in San Francisco.

If you’re building a great app or know of one, apply to present at http://sfappshow.com/apply We are also looking for sponsors and anyone interested in helping out with the event.

See newsworthy new apps, get insight from app developers, find unrecognized app gems. Space is limited, seats available on a first come basis.

Over the last 3 years, we’ve organized 16 App Shows, promoting 150 different mobile apps. We’ve never done a show like this. At the next AppShow, March 14th, we’ll talk apps but with one of the big thinkers about technology, Pulitzer-Prize winning New York Times technology reporter Matt Richtel. We’re going to discuss some interesting, important questions:

-How does heavy of use of apps and other technology impact our brains?

-How is the always-connected nature of smartphones affecting interpersonal etiquette and relationships?

-In what ways are mobile apps making us more and less productive?

-Are we addicted to our mobile devices and what happens when we’re without them?

-Have we forgotten how to do important things like memorize a number or give directions to someone who’s in an unfamiliar location?

Maybe we’ll get Matt to talk about just what makes great apps work. What makes them so seductive? Is that a good thing?

For those of you who do not know Matt’s work, in 2010 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism for his New York Times series entitled “Driven to Distraction” which lead to widespread efforts to curb distracted driving. He is a leading expert on how heavy technology use impacts behavior and the brain and has also explored these subjects in three thrillers published by Harper Collins. In addition to our discussion about “Your Brain on Apps,” Matt will read from his critically-acclaimed new high-tech thriller, The Cloud. So come, meet Matt, think apps, and enjoy what I hope will be one of our great shows.

Our special guest host, Amanda Coolong of TechZulu, will check out hot apps from a variety of categories, interview their developers and take your questions from the stage. Show starts at 7pm.

We’re still looking for a few new apps to flesh out the program so if you’re building one, apply to present. We also have a couple of sponsor tables available if you’re interested in sponsoring the event.